District to pilot Storylines science curriculum in ninth‑grade biology for 2025–26
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The Cornwall‑Lebanon School District will pilot the Storylines curriculum in ninth‑grade biology at Cedar Crest High School in 2025–26 as part of next‑generation science standards implementation; the item was informational only and requires no board action under policy 105.
District curriculum staff told the board on April 7 that Cornwall‑Lebanon will pilot the Storylines program in ninth‑grade biology at Cedar Crest High School during the 2025–26 school year to support implementation of the updated Pennsylvania science standards.
Dr. Rackley, a district curriculum leader, said Storylines is an instructional approach developed to align with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Pennsylvania’s additions. The program uses student‑driven, phenomenon‑based investigations that emphasize disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices and cross‑cutting concepts, Rackley said. "It uses a story lines approach to help students, inquiry and their questions lead them through real world phenomena to understand, how the world around them works," Rackley said.
The district presented the pilot as an information item only; staff said Policy 105 requires the board be informed when curriculum development or pilots are underway but that no formal board action was required at this time.
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Staff said they will monitor the pilot with teachers and curriculum leaders and return to the board with any recommended adoption or expansion following the pilot year.
